The Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) celebrating its 10th Anniversary, will take place September 9-13 featuring MIST Harlem as its primary 2015 theatrical venue. Wednesday, September 9 at 7 PM Hi kicks off its lineup with award-winning Stories of Our Lives chronicling the hidden struggles of lovers, fighters and rebels that characterize the criminalized LGBT community in Kenya. Other highlights include the East Coast Premiere of the award-winning America is Still the Place, based on the unbelievable true story of Charlie […]
ZEMENE
ZEMENE
NAME OF FILM: ZEMENE
DIRECTOR(S): Melissa Donovan
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Zemene is a spirited 10-year old Ethiopian girl who fights to survive her life-threatening and seemingly hopeless severe curvature of the spine. A chance encounter with an American physician takes Zemene down a new path, offering hope for her future. ZEMENE movingly depicts how individuals providing care to children in need can transform not only individual lives, but entire communities as well.